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xperia s wifi not turning on

skyliner34rb26 — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 02:23:40 GMT

My phone fell and everthing works as normal except the wifi won't turn on and also the sim that was in the phone when it fell stopped working but other sims works normal in the phone please help

Re: xperia s wifi not turning on

_alexdon_ — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 07:50:59 GMT

Probably the SIM has been damaged and the wifi emitter might have been also.Have you tried a forced restart of the phone(power button+vol up until the phone vibrates)?

Re: xperia s wifi not turning on

skyliner34rb26 — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 18:57:38 GMT

yea i did the restartig with power bottom+vol up untail the phone vibrate many times, can that be repaired ?

Re: xperia s wifi not turning on

_alexdon_ — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 21:17:14 GMT

I guess it can be repaired,do you still have warranty?If yes,take the phone to a sony center.

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Spiderbezno — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 07:31:42 GMT

I have the same problem, but I think the problem is by the SIM, If I remove mys sim of Andorra the WiFi works, if I put another SIM of another country, works. I thinks some SIMS dont'e work

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skyliner34rb26 — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:16:51 GMT

my warranty is finished but i'll still check to at least get it back fixed thanks!

Re: xperia s wifi not turning on

_alexdon_ — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:10:14 GMT

You are welcome.

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Sidrock — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 06:50:50 GMT

DUDE same problem,. freaking wifi not turning on and now phone's automatically rebooting.. Please help

Re: xperia s wifi not turning on

_alexdon_ — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 15:34:43 GMT

Try a force restart(power button+vol up until the phone vibrates).If still not working,try to repair phone software with sony update service.

Re: xperia s wifi not turning on

onlysoma — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 18:18:00 GMT

Hi I'm double posting this from a similar thread I just commented on-

I have the exact same problem: wifi won't turn on, grayed out slider, on my Xperia S with the newest software. My phone restarts without warning often. I noticed that if you watch the menu, the phone is actually trying to turn on the wifi and it's failing. Based on this, my assumption is that it's a hardware problem. I think the wifi chip is no longer connected internally for some reason (too many drops?) If you do a quick settings reset which doesn't delete any photos or music or anything, it just resets the basic system settings, it turns the wifi off and you'll notice that the slider is no longer grey. This saves a lot of battery. Luckily I have an unlimited data subscription but it's not as fast as wifi and for a device that's less than 2 years old and was treated well, I'm very upset.

If anyone with this exact problem takes it to a service center and has any luck, please update this thread.

Re: xperia s wifi not turning on

jmla69 — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:45:55 GMT

To Spiderbezno,

I live in Andorra too and I'm experiencing the same troubles.

Do you have received any solution from Andorra Telecom or found any other workaround?

Thanks,

Re: xperia s wifi not turning on

RahulPasricha — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 08:45:39 GMT

Hi,,

I am also facing the same issues with my Xperia S:-

My wifi is not turning on ,however the button turns to silver while trying.

My auto rotate screen is not working

My phone automatically restarts whenever my backlight is turned off.

Now i have increased the backlight timeout to 30 mins so that atleast my phone remains active.

I had also contacted the service center and customer care but they are saying that there is problem with the motherboard and i have to replace it which will cost me around half of the price of a new xperia S.

I also tried repairing the software , resetting the phone completely but nothing happen.

If anyone know how to cure these things ,,pls share............:(:(:(

Re: xperia s wifi not turning on

tak321 — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 05:40:09 GMT

Have The Same Problem!!! too bad, my phone turns on and off and no Wifi button enabled!!! will use flash tool to install another os, hope to fix issue!!!

Re: xperia s wifi not turning on

kbaleo — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:14:29 GMT

Wifi never worked correctly on this model.
Sony never cared and left it in a crappy status.

Continuously restarting wifi is known bug.

Re: xperia s wifi not turning on

forum — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 05:26:10 GMT

same problem faced..anyone got a solution pls reply!

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SeVeMaS — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:12:38 GMT

searched everywhere but still no solution in sight, not a patch, not a word from Sony or from Google or from Qualcom. My syster lives in Andorra and of course she as the same isue, if I put a french SIM card, there is no problem at all, everything works fine, if she commes to france the phone works fine too, the only problem is when she with the andorra sim card get back to andorra, I had to downgrade her phone to ICS so she can use it "normally".

Some say to root the phone and downgrade the Qualcom wifi/bluetooth driver and see if it wirks.

The problem here is that not everybody is a geek and they don't want to take a risk and brick his phone.

SONY PLEASE CARE AT LEAST A LITLE ABOUT YOU "REAL" COSTUMERS, THE ONES THAT GIVES YOU CREDIT AND TELLS OTHER PEOPLE TO LEAVE APPLE OR SAMSUNG.

Re: xperia s wifi not turning on

Lans3 — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:07:09 GMT

Good day! The same, but I accidentally dropped and wifi earned

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chanchari — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 08:50:13 GMT

I have the same problem as you guys. I've tried many SIM cards and it doesn't work either is from one company or the other.

I've got my phoned rooted, I've tried installing the stock ROM from Sony, installing Cyanogenmod 10 and 11 , Carbot ROM, Pacman ROM and many others, none of them could fix the problem. Sometimes, here and there the wifi starts working for a while, but most of the time the connection if off and with wifi bottom disable.

So that, I guess it is kinda hardware problem. I called to Sony support and they answered me, to try fix the problem through PC companion.

Sony please, give us some true advise of what is causing this problem, letting the people have the oppotunity to fix their phones!! JUST TELL US WHAT MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM!! AND DON'T FORGET THAT ALL OF US SPENT AROUND 400-500€/$ ON THIS BUGGY PHONE!!

Re: xperia s wifi not turning on

susvhv — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 16:21:24 GMT

I am from Belgium and in Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, wifi works as it should be.

In Januar 15 in Andorra at different places where wifi was free , wifi was nopes on the Xperia S.

I could also not switch between wifi on and off. The program must be killed.

Wifi worked well on my Medin Netbook under Windows 8.1 at the same places

When i returned in Belgium, everything was OK again.

Now in March, again no wifi in Andorra afther many trials at different places. 😞

A real mystery.

My 2 cents and excuses for my poor English.